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How do y'all organize your DM notes? (self.rpg)

submitted 1 year ago by jursed to c/rpg@lemmy.ml

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I keep all of what happened in one journal, and everything else on the computer. All the maps, the schedules, and the character sheets using a gurps character sheet program (forgot what its called), because I run it through discord using a text format. I hardly plan anything besides what's in my head.

Ive been trying to use different ways to plan besides just pure vibes. like using joplin, or some wiki format or even trying to do use a mindmap? But alas most of what I do is simulating what I believe would happen and keeping character sheets of possible enemies on hand.

So, I'm curious, what do you do?

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[–] anaximander@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haphazard scrawls on a notepad during the session, trying to not lose it in between the initiative orders and scribbled HP tracking from combats. After the session I try to collate it all into a OneNote where it's all organised by campaign and plot element and theme.

Lately I've been moving from OneNote to Obsidian. Obsidian's ability to link between files and then see the visual map of all the links is handy, and it can even detect mentions of a thing even if you didn't link it at the time, so if something becomes important enough that you later decide to create an actual page for it, it'll find all the places you previously mentioned it. Very useful.

[–] jursed 1 points 1 year ago

Lol that visual map sounds super awesome and useful